Podcast: Side Quest - What is a Casual Game?

Chandler announces a new title for his game and re-defines what a casual game to apply to it.

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• CartograTour
• Casual Gaming: Crash Course Games #11  
• What Casual Games Are Like For Someone Who Doesn't Play Games 
• Life Simulation Games - What are they & the history of life sims - Everything about life sim games 
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Podcast: Side Quest - Game Design Approaches

Chandler dives into an overview of different game design approaches while working on The Mapper.

Show Notes:

- Designing games for Game Designers

- An introduction to Situational Game Design

- ThursDev: Game Design Pillars - Better design through definition and restriction

- Rational Game Design

- The Mapper V2 itch.io page

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Podcast: Side Quest - Making Unique Feeling Games

Today Chandler talks about how he approaches making unique feeling games. He also talks about progress on The Mapper. You can find his latest prototype here.

Show Notes:

Geoff Englestein

GameTek Classic: The Rule of One

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Podcast: Side Quest - Feedback Issues

 

Today Chandler talks about progress on his prototype and problems getting feedback on games.

Show Notes:

The Mapper Original Jam Entry

The Mapper Prototype Windows Build

OpenGameArt.org

Protospiel

International Game Developers Association

OMGJam8

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